tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 03 18:48:04 1996
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RE: Workhorse
- From: Jimmy <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Workhorse
- Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 21:47:58 -0500
At 06:36 PM 11/3/96 -0800, you wrote:
>I wrote:
>> And to
>> further embarass myself, I think *I* am the only one to have used
>> {*'ervum} on the list previously (although I *did* mark it as an
>> "unreal" word on that occasion).
>
>Holtej writes:
>>This had to have happened in 1993; when did you come to the list, Alan? I
>>didn't think it was that long ago!
>
>Actually, it was just a few months ago, in answer to a call from the
>KSRP regarding animal names. My comment at the time was:
>>'er vIqelDI', *ru'Dov vIQub jIH. :-) *'ervum vIqaw je.
>
>Until this week, a list archive search found no other references.
>I was trying to find out the actual source for this pseudo-word,
>but it's not going as easily as when we were looking for {'I'}. :)
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'
>
>
>
>yap 'ervum! vIghaj jav jabbI'ID buS 'ervum! To clarify, it IS a made up
word so that's all there is to it!
Jimmy
(Pardon my grammar, but I'm getting
better. As soon as I find a name for
myself I'll use it.)